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fottere Patent No.73,312, dated January 14, '1868. f

IMPROVEMENT 4I-N GATES.

TO ALLWHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

'Be it known that I, LEWIS ESSIG, of Canton, in the county-of Stark, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful .Improvement in Gates; and I do hereby declare. that the following isa f ull, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this'specication. 'A i p This inventio'n'relates to a new and-improved method'of hanging and operating the gates of farms, plantations,`&c., whereby the same areA more easily opened `by a rider without alighting for that purpose. It consists in hanging the top of the gate to a. slotted plateor cap on the gate-post in such a manner that in the opening of the same, the latch-end of the gate will be raised, so that the latch will be disengaged` from the catch, and l the gate -willbe raised also above snow and other obstructions inlthe way of opening the same. It consists,

also, in the gate being operated by cords, ropes, or chains, connected with a pulley on the gate,.and connected also with a windlass or windlasses attached to posts at some distance from the gate', the crank by means oi whichsaid windlasses are turned, beingwithin easy'and convenient reach of a rider. In the accompanying plate of drawings-j v Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. l v

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken in the linea x, iig. 1, the diierent positions of th'egate being shown in red lines.

I Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.'

-A is the gate. a is'e part of the frame of the same. B isthe gte-post.-` a is a hinge, by means of which the bottom of the gate A is pivoted to the post B. e is a. cap or support on posi'l B, to contain the pulley E', and in .which the pulley E turns. E is a donhle-groovcd pulley on the part a of the gateA. G are posts to support the windlass t are cranks, by vmea-ns of which the windlasses b are rotated. a'are holes in the cap le to guide the cord H. H H1 and Hzare cords or ropes by means of which the gate A is opened and shut.. a2 are holesiu box e to guide the cords H1 and H2. 'E" is a guide-pulley on the gate-post B. The gate-post B is made and set inthe ordinary way, of suitable material, and is provided on the top with a. cap or support', e, extending outwards a shortdistance in a direction opposite to the gate A, when shut as shown. The cap or supporte is-made of metal, the bottom of which projects in the direction of the gate A, when shut, the .sides and end of the samebeing bent upwards and inwards, so as to form a support for the pulley E', and to furnish suitable bearings for the same, as shown, the bottom of the same being* provided with a slot, so as that the pivot on the parta of the gate A is allowed a motion to and from the gate-post B, the object of said slot .being to permit theA latch-end ofthe gate to be raised, when Lthe same is being opened, over and clear from snow and other obstructions, and to release the latch. The pulley Erotates in the cap e, and may be made of .wood or other suitable material, and of any convenient size, the object of the same beinglto change the direction of'and guide the cords H1 and H?. The vgate A is ofthe common form, and is hinged at the bottom of the same on the part a to the post B. by a hinge, a', in the ordinary way, said part a being provided on the top of'the same with a` pivot moving in the slot in the cap c. Upon said pivot, above the bottom of the cap e, is a pulley, E, having two grooves. The-pulley E is made of wood, or other suitable material, and is rigidly secured to the pivot in t the upper end of the part a in such a way as that by turningthe pulley E the entire gate A will turnwith thev same. At any convenient distance from the post B, and -in a straight line with the same, at equal distance therefrom, and so as that the gate A will swing between the same, are two posts, G, of a like height with the post B, each of said posts G terminating at the top in two uprights or bearings to support the windlasses t, and so that thesaid windlasses b will' rotate in said bearings ou said posts, as shown, said Vwindlassesb being' each provided with a handle,vby means of whichvthey are made torotate. To the windlasses b, and wound two or three times around the same, and extending from one of said windlalsses to the other, is attached a chain or rope, H, :said rope'or chain H passing through the holes o in the cap e, by means of which `the same is prevented from sagging, said rope or chain H being attached tosaid windlasses b in such a way that when one of said windlasses is rotated in vonedirection, the other of said windlasses will be caused to rotate in the samedirection. To one of the windlasses b, and to and wound two-or three times around the same, is attached another rope, H. Said rope Hl passes around the pulley E. und around the'pulloy E, where the sume is wound once or more around said pulley E, in one of the grooves thereof, and secured firmly to said pulley E in such a way that by turning the Windlass to which said rope Hl is attached, so as to wind .the said cord Hvuplou the saule, the gate Will be opened toward the opposite windlass. To the other o f said Windlas'ses b, andwound tiro or three times around the same, is attached another rope, H2, which passes around the pulley E', and being Wound on'ce or more around the pulley E, in the other groove in the same, is firmly secured thereto inV such a way as byturning the other of'said` windlasses by the crank on the same, the gate Avwll be closed, the objectof the rope H beingA such that the gate A may be opened or shut by turning either of the windlasses Z1. The cranks b', by means of which said windlasses b are turned, are of such height as to be in convenient reach of'a'ny rider, whether on horseback or'in any vehicle. The windlasses b may be made of wood or other suitable material, and ofany suitable size to contain the ropes H H and HZ andwind up the same, as above described, y

The operationis readily seen from the drawing and theabovedescription. By turning either ofthe windlass'es the gate is first lifted from the ground by the pivot on the post a, sliding in the slot in the cap e, and

'the latch on the same disengaged from the catchu As above described, it constitutes a cheap and convenient method of hangingl and operating gates, whereby the same may be'operated by any rider Without alighting for that purpose, and whereby the gate is raised above snow or other obstructions.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I e 1. The `opening and closing of any farm or other` gatevA,`by means of the windlasses b andv ropes H Hl and H2, substantially as shown `and described.v

2, The windlasses b and the ropes or chains I-l Hl and H? and the pulleys E and EVin'combina'tion with each other, and in combination with Athe posts G and the post B, and any gate A, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth. e

3. The slotted cape, in combination with the gate A, substantially as shown and described, and for the kpurposes set` forth. 1

The above specification of my invention, signed by me, this thirteenth day of NovembenlSGY.

' LEWIS SSIG.

Witnesses 2' VIRGIL S. BROWN, WM. SHANERFELT. 

